Kuroda Kiyotaka1840-1900::Modernization:: Made contribution to Meiji Japan in areas of colonizationKiyotaka's effort to make Japan an imperial power resulted in great expansion of Japanese empire
Removed Tokugawa Shogunate
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2nd Prime Minister of Japan from 30 April 1888 to 25 October 1889.
Born in Samurai Class
Became a member of the Satsuma Choshu to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate
Military leader of Boshin War
Traveled to Europe and United States for five months, he was put in charge of colonization efforts in Hokkaido
Kuroda was sent as an envoy to Korea in 1975 to negotiate the Treaty of Gwanghwa in 1876
Opened Korea's port
Brought Satsuma and Choshu clans together
Believed that
Major developments in technology should start from where people need it the most
Needed to be limits on the amount of change done at one time
Made contribution to Meiji Japan in areas of colonizationKiyotaka's effort to make Japan an imperial power resulted in great expansion of Japanese empire
Removed Tokugawa Shogunate
Expand OUT!
Hokkaido & Korea
They hold the answers to our country's SUCCESS
INFORMATION
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